Officials have identified the person who was found dead after a house fire Saturday night in South Dallas.

Derrick Demond Hicks, 49, was found dead inside a home in the 4000 block of Spring Avenue on Saturday, according to the Dallas County medical examiner’s office and Dallas Fire-Rescue.

Firefighters arrived to the burning one-story home at about 10:34 p.m. and quickly worked to extinguish the fire, Jason Evans, a spokesperson for Dallas Fire-Rescue, said.

After the fire was out, the man’s body was found underneath debris from a partial roof collapse.

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